The Sun. — London, England, 1808-12-06 00:00:00

ar 1 the Inquisition have 'plunged this nation into 'brh Trn thousand light infantry and dragoons, with 9.4 1 - : i(1-pieces, Marched off on the ti th to .attack the rear of the English division that was said to be at •Va ladolid. These brave fellows went over 34 miles - ; rotind in two days, but our hopes were disap s pooted. We entered Palencia and Valladolid, and edvarcAl even six miles further, and found no Eng khrnen, but abundance of, promises and assurances. In the mean time, it appears certain, that a div sio,ta of their troops has disembarked at Corunna, and that another division, at the beginning of this mont h, entered Backijos. The day we fall in with tilein will be a day of festivity to the ,French army. May they moisten with their blood that Continen t which they have - desolated by their intrigues, their monopoly, and their horrible selfishness ! May they, instead of 20,000, be 80 or 100,000 strong ; that Erglish mothers may learn what the calamities of war are, and that the English Government may • not always continue to sport with the lives and blood of the people of the Continent, " The greatest falsehoods, the basest means, have been employed by English Machiavelism to mislead the Spanish nation; but the bulk of it is still good. ' Biscay, Navarre, Old. Castile, and the greater' part of Arragon itself, are well disposed. The nation in general beholds, with the most profound sorrow, the abyss into which it is plunged, and will speedily curse t e authors'of so many. calamities. • "'FLORIDA BLANCA, who is Mille head of the insurgents, is the person who was Minister under CHARLES 111. , He was always the sworn enemy of, France and the zealous partisan of England. It is to be hoped that he will, in the evening of his days, ciiscciver the errors of his political life. He is an old man, who, to the blindest attachMent teethe English, adds the most credulous superstition. His co,,fitUnts and friends are the most fanatical and swp:d of the Monks. " Tranqeillity is restored at Burgos and the en vi, oils. To - the first moments of fury confidence has succeeded. The peasants have returned to their • villages, and are again pursuing their labours." DUTCH OFFICIAL REPORT: [From the Suppiment to the Koninklylce Courant of the a- ) th of Novernt , er, 18 31 Head-Quarters at Bilboa, Nov. 2. VIAJOR-GENERAL CHASSE, COMMANDING THE DUTCH BRIGADE WITH THE ARMY OF SPAIN, TO HIS EX- CELLENCY THE MINISTER AT WAS. ' HONOURABLE SIR—I had the honour ta.inform your Excellency, from Bayonne, that 'the Brigade told received orders to &red itself upon Mondragon, but as the enemy had made a flank movement, I re ceived orders from Marshal Lefebvre, between To lofe and Mondragon, to cause to march upon Mon dragon only the horse artillery and miners, but with the rest of my brigade to take a military position at Bergera, And on the following morning, at day break, to march with great circumspeaion through the mountains to Durango, where the corps of the Marshal was en bivouac. We accordingly arrived at rgera without seeing the enemy, and passed the night there. Next day, the ',4oth, the brigade was inspeaed by his Excellency- the Alarshal, who ex pressed hinigelf gratified with their appearance, though much fatigued with forced marches. His Excellency addressed the troops, telling them that next day he would oondu& them to a more favour able country. The troops replied, that their only wish was to face the enemy as soon as possi'ole. At four in the afternoon, I received, orders to take up, wish the infantry, a position on the left wing of the line, whither General Vilatte accompanied me, pointing out the rocky ground where I was to take post ; and gave me orders to attack the enemy next day, the 31.,t, at day-break. The right wing of the enemy was to be forced in their position by my troops, before the rest of the army put itself in mo tion; the General added, that the success of the whole plan very much depended on this movement; and said, when I went to my position, " General, I depend a great deal upon you," At day-break I imde my dispositions, and attacked the enemy with the hot infantry and grenadiers commanded by Lieutenant-Colonel Storni de Grave, supported by the rest of the regiment. The fire was severe; the enemy would not relinquish his position ; I de t...:hcd one c:Anpany, and then three companies, under lieuteuani-Colonel Fienii:nraili, to make a circuit and fail upon his fuck. This movement threw the enemy into disorder ; I advanced my trunpsond their firseand second positions were taken. Th e ene my posted hiMself a. third time upon a height, v. filch I in like manner attacked, and he was at izst overpowered, atter maling a vigorous resist ance. In conformity to my orders, I "pursued hire core the heights and rock*, and it was sufficient to bhcw ourselves to put the enemy to flight. I then p. o !,ed on to Zornosa, wh';re I waited for fin-On .ceeere_While we were skorrning the third position, a _i.:...vy.ti-re-cuannenced on the rght wing. The cetort;eaud time ehllit wing of our division, consisting of the 94th and Bath regiments of French infantry, who v.t.-re posted in thetow.grounds, met with no resisiance, the'eneMy having concentrated his force • or, niy side, in order to oppose my passage. The . t.nraly being driven from 'all his positions, I received Orders to pass the night a league from Zornosa, on 'the road to Bifboa. 'Next day, N ,, vember Ist, at scven in the morning, the armyset out on its march ' to Tat place, where-hi 4 Excellency the Marshal exe e . eed that he -woul d find the etieritye but•after a laiiuri. 'es march through the 'Mountains, .we were very much surprised at not meeting a single Spa.; niard in arms, they having effected emir -retreat in the night. The troops have now arrived here, and wait for further orders to go in quest of, tie enemy. [The General then proceeds to specify those Officers and 'corps that, distinguished 'thetr.SeJyes„ and . estimates iris loss at about 12 killed and,4l. wounded.],.on my Orme at Zornce I found an Aide de Camp of Ge neral Vihtt:e, who, in the name of the Marshal Duke and tl 8 above -nientioned General, testified that they were extremely gratified with the condo& of the troops, and that it was irr„ossible for them to have acted better. His Excellency had the goodness to repeat this to me by word of mouth, as did also Ge r.er..l Vilatte and the other FrenclaGeneri.ls. I flatter my •elt that this adien has gained us respect wit this corps of the army, and-hope to be able to trans put to your Excellency accounts similar to the nresent, The Huss.= are Jwre, and under the orders of Gene6l of Cavalry, But they' hive not hitherto been of the smallest for• the mountains and rocks are'so steep that they are only pass-ible on foot: On 'that account, I and the Officers of my. Staff - were under the necessity of hAnt:.; on foot during the whole a&ion, while the hot'ses followed us through the vallies. - I have the honour to be, Src. CHASSE, Major-General. His Majesty the King of Holland, being highly gratified with the cdtidua of his troops, has charged the Minister at War to communicate his satisfaction, and to obtain the necessary information, for the pur pose of rewarding those who have distinguighed themselves in this atr'air. BOURDEAUX, Nov. 14.—The pact of the army of the Duke of Abrantes which was disetu'barked at Rochefort, has, after passing some time at Angou leme, and at the place of its disembarkation, march ed to this town. Yesterday and to-day the troops hive arrived, and were remarked to be in fine con dition, notwithstanding the severe campaign and . difficult passage they have bad to sustain. The Duke of Abrantes himself is immediately expt&ed here, for whose reception a splendid hotel is prepared.— He is to command a numerous corps, which is to be lad by him against Portugal. A Polish division, con •si:sting of three regiments, is expe6ted to-morrow, and it will be organized here. Yesterday the Citi zens of this town, with thu cntidaftion, be held, as a pledge of our future success in Spain, a Spanish General's Staff brought in prisoners of war. The Oth, ers were numerous, and had a considerable retinue. A Colonel belonging' to this Staff, in an swer to some'queslions put to him, intimated, with Spanish frankness, that he trembled for , the fite of the insurgent's, when he saw such numerous bodies of French troops at Bayonne, and on his way hither. • Letters from Bayonne state, that General St. Cyr has marched fron► the head-quarters at Vittoria, by Pampeluna and Puycerda, towards Figoeras. He has established his head-quarters at the. latter place, and the communication between Figneras and Barcelona is restored.• The ,former town, in consequence of the impreinable fortress, of St. Fernando, serves as a Place d' Armes for the army.. The magazines are established in the second: A part of the National Guard of the Eastern p r renees occupies the principal, passes of those moun tains, .and keeps up the communication with Figueras. The greatest preparations; are made for the mainte nance of the troops. It is probable that the army of observation in Catalonia will begin to ad on the defensive at the same time as the grand army, and that it will advance upon Arragen, to operate a junc tion with the left Wing 'of the grand army. VITtORIA, . Nov. 1 2.----The French head-,quarters are at Burgos, where their Majesties the Emperor and his illustrious brother also are. In the environs of that city a great,and.glorions a tioii has been fought, in which we have taken 10,000 prisoners, among whom are between 6 and 7000 English. Blake and Romana are inclosed in -the mountains of Asturias, and ,can only escape by sea, if the English chhose to carry them off. Two .divisions have marched from Burgos, the one to St. Ander°, and We other to Valladolid; they must have already ar rived there. When Bilboa was taken possession of, there were found in the port three' English - Ships . whiCh could not make their escape. Their lading consi4s,among other , things, of rum, which has been Oven out for the use of the army. His Majesty enjoys the best state of health. BAYONNE, Nov. 14.—The affair of Burgos has. bad the most conspicuous effects. The Spaniards fly confounded before our army, which marches forward with rapid strides. The cavalry make a great num-, ber of prisoners, and for some days they have been constantly arriving in this city. The passage of troops of all kinds, and of artillery, still continues without ceasing. • TRIESTE, Nov. 3.—ln the Adriatic there Is at present an English Squadron, commanded, as is re ported, by Admiral , Collingwpod ; the Frigates be longing to - it cruize on the coasts of Istria and Dal matia. Within these 14 days the English have sent three Flags of Truce to the Russian Admiral's Ship' in our port, which each time gave occasion for hold= ing a Council of War, at which the Russian Consul . attended. It is said the English Admiral has de- Manded that The four Russiau'Ships and two Frigates which are in our port be unrigged, disarmed, and their cannon carried on shore, until six months'after peace. It ..appears that the Russian Admiral is not iucliner to - coMplv with this demand. He hag I brought up.his Fleet nearer to the _walls, and a Cou rier has been dispatched to the Russian Ambassador at Vienna. • PARIS, Nov. 20.—A Statement of the Finances of the Empire way lately presented to the Legisla tive Body, b'y which it appears 'that the Expend:- cure for the year 1809 is estimated at 730,000,000 francs. The Conscription for the kingdom of Italy, for the year 1809, is tixd- at • (2,90 men, and will be immediately carried into ext2c.ntion. MILITARY. GENERAL ORDERS. Hursse Guards, Nov. 24. With a view of facilitating the issue of pay to Officers ab sent from their Regiments (dr /enve, His loyal Highness the Commander in Chiet has thoc li ki fit t,, Lined, that wherever cave of absence is granted to any Regimental Officer, a cer tificate, properly signed, shall be delivered to the Officer re ' ceiving the indulgence, stating the particular circumstances • under: w hick it was granted, and the period of its commence.-. ment and termination. In instances wherein an Officer may be sent from his re virrent on account of ill health. (a monthly certificate of Which, according to the form prescribe-I by the General Or der of the ptii March, 180, is to be transmitted to the regiment), the Commander in 'Chief approves of the General Officer =mantling the , uistrid or..brigade, to which the regiment belongs, granting .the Officer a monthly certificate of leave for three successive months, provided his state of health render , him incapable of regimental duty for so long a peilou, and that the General Officer is satisfied with the causes assigned in the certificate from a Military Medi cal Officer, which must be transmitted so as to artive et the regimental head-quarters on or before the fourth of each month; but u. case of an Officer continuing absent front at kness for •a longer period than three months, it will he inconioent on the Officer conunamding the regiment to require an especial report of his case from the Medical t .ffi- cer by whom the certificate. is signed, and to transmit the same, through the regular channel, for the consideration of 1 the Commander in Chief. I g aktition to the certificate of leave, the regimental Pay. Masters are to certify the period to winch Officers, going to IC'pve of absence, have received their pay. iiv conitnand of His Royal Highness the Commander in Chief. H. CALVERT, Adj... Gen. MAILS. 4ZIII%IEO—I Gottenburgh, i Malta,.. lPublin, 2 Water ford. PRICE OF STOCKS THIS DAY AT TM/ELVIS O'CLOCK. Consols - - • 66i 1 Red. Ann. - . 651 THE SUN. tOLIIM QUIT DICIRL /ALtUM AUDIAT L 0 ND D N, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1808. Yesterday morning, about eight o'clock, a Flag. of Truce arrived at Dover from Boulogne, with a Russian and a French Messenger on board. The Dispatches of which they were the bearers, were brought to town yesterday evening, and delivered to Mr. CANNING. They probably contained the Answer of the French and Russian Ministers for Foreign Affairs to the Reply sent from this : Country some timo ago, to the. Overtures front Erfurth ; but their contents have not transpired. , The Master of the Flag of Truce states, that there -was A report at Boulogne that BUONAPARTE had re turned to Paris. Yesterday Dutch Papers to the 27th ult. reached town, which contain the Third and Fourth Bulletins of the French Army-in Spain. They are both dated from Burgos, the former the 13th and the latter the 15th ult. They seem to have been published, not for the purpose of announcing victories, but as the vehicles of coarse vulgar abuse .against a Nation which has taken up arms to resist the most treache rous and infamous aggressions of France.- It is cu rious to observe the inconsistency which BUONA PARTE manifests in these Bulletins. At one time he affeas to treat the Spaniards with the utmost con tempt. They are unarmed, undisciplined, cowardly, ignorant, and dare not even face the French in the field. And yet against such a contemptible foe, he has thought it necessary, if we are to rely upon his own accounts, to make greater.military prepara tions than he did when he invaded Austria or Prus sia, or when he advanced to the - frontiers of Russia. —BUONAPARTE'S animosity seems principally di reaed against the Clergy of Spain, to whose exertions he attributes the, spirit which at pre sent pervades the People, and in order to give his abuse the more weight, -he puts it into the mouths of the 7peasants, who are represented as reproach ing the Monks for the miseries they have brought on them. The Fourth Bulletin is principally devoted to the abuse of the . Englishy and of Count FLORIDA BLANCA. He speaks with a most, silly petulance of the English army, and expresses great regret that instead of 20,000 there are not 100,000 British troops in Spain, and says, the day of meeting will be a day of festival for the French army. We are by no means so fastidious as to expea either mo desty or truth in BUONAPARTE'S Bulletins, but we hardly thought he would have ventured quite so far as to use such language when speaking of the Bri tish army. His troops, we are convinced, do not feel great pleasure lo celebrating festivals on the An niversary of the day when they met Sir R. ABER GROIIBY in Egypt, or Sir J. STUART at Maida, nor are we much inclined to thin that the Battles of Roleia Or Vimiera will find a place in the Ka lender of French feasts. But the man who calls the Spaniards rebels, because they are loyal to their Sovereign, may with equal. propriety call the English cowards, because they beat his troops. A fabricated Copy of the Speech supposed to have been 'delivered by Mr. JEFFERSON, at the open ing of Congress, was published at Liverpool on Friday last. The person by whom it was printed, supposing it to be genuine, has in the handsomest manner sent Circular' Letters to the Proprietors of Newspapers in town, that, he published it on the authority of a Merchant of that town, and appris ing them that it is a fabrication. Some of the Members of the Court of Enquiry attended this morning, but the. Court was not opened. Its next sitting is fixed for Tuesday next. Yesterday morning his MAJESTY, Princesses AUGUSTA,' SOPPIIA, and AMELIA, accompanied by' Lord \VALSINGHAM, Lady G. MURIiAY, General FITZROY, Colonels TAYLOR and DESBROW, took their usual morning airing on horseback, and return ed at twelve o'clock to the Palace. The QUEEN and Princess ELIZABETH took an airing to Frogmore Lodge and Gardens. The harbour of Brest was reconnoitred by the in shore Squadron of Lord GAMBIER'S Fleet, on the 28th ult. when the enemy's-force consisted o► eleven Sail of the Line, (one of them a three-decker) and three Frigates, all ready for sea, with sails bent, and top-gallant yards ,acrose, besides a Corvette, with top-masts struck, and two or three Vessels unrigged. There was no Court of isiderine held to-day, but the LORD M VfOR, after inspedi g the Returns of the Mealweighers, ordered the price o Bread to be lowered 3d. per peck. the Quartern Loaf wlll then be 13. 2d. NAVAL N EWS. DOVER, DEC. s.—Two Messengers, French and Russian, arrived this morning at eight o'clock in a Flag of Truee from Boulogne. An express was jai- . mediately sent to London asking permission for them to land. DEAL, DEC. s.—Came down from the Rivet the Posthumous, SPENCER, for Jamaica, and remain in the Downs with the Ships, &c. as per last. PORTSMOUTH, DEC. s.—Arrived His Alajesty's Ship Eclipse, with Dispatches, from the Brazils ; Henry, BOWNESS, and the Martha (Transport), from • Oporto. Sailed His Majesty's Brig Pater, with a cativo'', for the Downs. SHEERNESS, DEc. 4.—Came into the Little Nor* the Dolphin Store-ship to take in stores for the Baltic• DEC. s.—Sailed his Majesty's Ship Cornelia, Capt. EDGELLE, for Portsmouth, and the Leveret, for the Baltic, with a Convoy. The Bellerophon was paid up to six months, soa will sail to-morrow for Yarmouth. DISTRIBUTION OF PRIZE. MONEY. ect To the Ship Edgar. the valueof sundry Shoes, Are. pick_, up at sea after the storm of Feb. 18, 1807,which, as the Ow was too small for distribution, has been laid out in the pur chase of jHalt' a Ticket in the present Lottery (No. 174 40 for the benefit of the Salvors. To the Malta, for the Capture of Le President, Frend s Frigate, on board the former on the ioth inst. and eV Tuesday and Friday after, at No. z, Surrey-strect,'Strand. To the Gun-brig Forward, for the Capture of ten Dal lls ' t Vessels (in company with the Daphne and Tartarus) , a sheerness, and at No. zz, Arundel-street, Strand, for 010 months. - , , AP: OINTMENTS. —Captain Ben net, to the Ocean 1.014 Collihgwood's Flag-ship); Capt. Brenton, to the Fat 4 Capt. Thomas, to the Spartan ; Capt. Hayes, Pro kr, p fi s s to the . Alfred, in the room of Captain Ugh, wo is a w", 7,11. on the Board of Inuiry holding at Chelsea; Capt. Sef"a cr; pro tempor. to the Vi Tory ; Capt. Briggs, to the Cloral, m ; Capt. Wells, to the Cruizer ; Lieut. Fairy (Admiral 1 4 _,°%; way's Flag-officer) is promoted to a Commander, an ... 7,,1; • pointed to the Speedy; Capt. Inman, to be Conilnis 4 ";;;ao of the Dock-yard at Madras • Capt. Chamberlayne, pore, to tne Statira, vice Capt. Bromley (now Sir Row- Howe Bromley); the Hon. Capt. Lake to the li.trepid. - The King of Prussia is reduced to such a pass state, that he has been obliged to forbid his sal?jf or from having any' intercourse with Spain and r ai h ipS gal, and has even ordered th em t o arres t the , 5 4 , of those countries, much as he mus t f ee l f o r to" „b and anxiously as he must wish their final to t" over their infamous foe. FRENCH DIGNITIES. As the new Nomenclature of the French Gen— ' occasions some difficulty to the readers of the BO:: tins, &c. we insert the following Key to the otc . a, names which BUONAPARTE has given to his princir — Satellites : • The , Prince Arch-Chancellor of Dukeof Parma. the Empire ( Cambaceres) - The ßrun Prince Arch. Treasurer (Le? of PiacenO• • Marshal ) Moncey S of Cornegli a°4 Alass'ena - - of Augereau - - of'Castigt Soult • - o f D a l i nano,; o . Lannes of Monteb e " Monier of Treviso /ley- - - . —of Elching et : - Davoust --- of Auerstau•• • Bessieres (.1 Istria. , Victor - - of Belluno- Lefebvre . of DentZiC• - Kellerman - of Valu-l•• COLONELS-GENERAL. Marmont - - Duke of Ragusa• I unot - - of Abrantef• GREAT OFFICERS OF THE CROWN• Caulaincourt, Great Cluunberlain, Duke of Vicenza. • Duroc, Great Marshal of the. Pa- o f F r i o ne. lace, - - GENERALS. Savary - Arrighi - - Duke of Rovigo• of Padua. BUONAPARTE, in his brother to the Ler, o : i sIOW m oo Body, announcing his succe.s in Spain, coocro..7lO with imploring the Supreme Being to take t h , e ; ira to his holy keeping. The life of this thi s af nifested such a contempt of Religion, tba r W hich fe&ation of piety must increase the horror in c lo g his charaaer is held, and seems Adis indeed, r e n o ft' insolence, that shews his utter dain 01 t.l- 43- nions of mankind. The first squadron of the 14th dragoons entef e4 i , Truro on Saturday, and were to ,proceed to Ir ' 3 e mouth on Sunday, where they will embark in 3 , 113 1 e , diately. The rest will follow' daily, till the wiL ic i o regiment, and also the 16th, which marches ill e d• rear, shall have arrived at Falmouth and embari‘vire General COTTON commands this tine brigade. , ie tt are also assured that as soon as the transports woo carry them to Spain shall have returned to Falro n , tl yo the first and second German dragoons Will rt. marched to Fahnouth, and embarked at that Vol The 13th dragoons, of . which two troops are" Truro Barracks, have also received orders to ro to t returns of the number of horses they have fir., service from which, and other circumstao•lso there is' little doubt but this fine regiment is a destined for Spain: „ t he An indiament for bigamy is preparing agai ns ," t ell Heir Apparent to a Scotch garldout, for having married a second wife in England ; a Miss 94 _ v i asserting that she is his only lawfulode been married to him some years since in Se n ,`,, ir cly according to the usual tiles of the Scottish Cl l ; L llO This is a case that excites considerable intereg l yiio s / fashionable world, as the conjugal claim ,: t ,, 50 o , l ` G- is zealously maintained by the 13°- ,, e 610_," G-, and all the Clans of distindion CO, 16 with it; white that of the wife in possessio' di 0 strenuously supported by several branches English Noblesse. terc iff' • • Jem Belcher, the pugilist, left London qeJoe--4 to train for combat with Crib, on the first 00d or; day in February. The late champion is 0 be ll der, and anticipates a victory over Crib , s v t ' h o him a twelvemonth s ago, but the latter 15 vourito, and backed at a long odds.